L NELSON BELL LIBRARY
MONTREAT. N. C. 28752
TVA To
Investigate
Flood Control
In a news bulletin from 11th return to this district with
District Congressman Lamar members of his staff to par-
Gudger, he said that the ticipate in a study of stream
Tennessee Valley Authority stabilization and flood control
(TVA) Commissioner David early this year.
Freeman had agreed that a Gudger also said that after
long-range flood control the torrential rains of January
program for Western North 25, he communicated with
Carolina is imperative. Freeman to see if the process
According to Gudger, could be spieleded up.
Freeman said that hel^ould
Food Committee
Improves Cafeteria
by Janies Bernard
Can’t find the chicken in the
chicken salad, don’t tell me
the meatball sandwich turned
into class of microbiology.
These and other questions
may be bombarding you from
your own social sphere of
cultural influence. Salvation
is just over the horijzpn. The
Food Service Committee,
made by the student and for
the student, is in ezistlence for
the betterment and prospertiy
of the students. If you have
any bad feelings about the
quality of food, the service
presented, sanitary con
ditions, or anything else, you
now have the unquestionable
right to voice them. If the
servji'ce rendered by
Howerton Cafeteria does not
excell your high standards of
service, let it be known to the
Food Committee, but those, in
turn, who don’t live up to the
standards of Howerton
Cafeteria need not apply. I’m
not going to make a critical
analysis of the eating habits of
some ot our more classical
students. Now we all know
every now and then someone
has to exercise his finger
muscles by shredding paper
napkins on the floor, or by
doing extra credit for physics
class by calculating the
velocity of a stream of milk at
a horizontal trajectory. These
things are understandable, I’
m sure everyone doesn’t mind
wading through the mess to
eat. I’m also positive the
cafeteria staff loves taking
the time and effort' to become a
nurse maid to them by
cleaning it up. If the cafeteria
doesn’t live up to your stan
dards, voice them. I’m sure
the cafeteria doesn’t mind
when you don’t live up to their
standards. If you have a
legitimate gripe, you’ll find an
open ear and mind to see if
there is any possible way to
correct it. If you don’t take
the initiative to use the F.S.C.,
it’s the opinion of many that
you don’t have the right to
gripe.
Photo by Ken Lakln
Alcoholism On Increase
Among College Students
by David Teague
According to surveys taken
concerning alcoholism the
drinking frequency of young
people between ages 21-24 has
greatly increased between
1970 and 1978. This does not
mean that the people in this
category are necessarily
alcohol abusers, but it in
dicates that young people’s
caution with alcohol has
decreased.
The college surveys also
indicate that 71-93 percent of
college students drink at least
occasionally. Moderate-to-
heavy drinking is also com
mon. According to campus
nurse Barbara Massey,!heavy
drinking can be considered as
drinking various numbers of
beers three or four times a
week.
Ms. Massey says that the
biggest problem with alcohol
abusers is getting their at
tention and concern.“Students
are not generally worried
about becoming alcoholics nor
with the long-term effects of
heavy drinking,’ ’ says Ms.
Massey, “because they are
young and they feel relatively
Lndestructable. Discussions
about what they might be
feeling in 10 or 20 years are not
generally meaningful to them.’
Ms Massey defined an
alcoholic as a person who has
lost control over his or her
drinking, resulting in per
sonal, job and family
problems. She also said that 1
in 11 drinkers becomes an
alcoholic, and she listed 9
ways to tell if a person is an
alcoholic:
1) Anyone who must drink in
order to function or cope with
life has a drinking problem.
2) Anyone who by his or her
own personal definition or
that of his family and friends,
frequently drinks to a state of
intoxication hais a drinking
problem.
3) Anyone who goes to work
or school intoxicated has a
drinking problem.
4) Anyone who is intoxicated
while driving has a drinking
problem.
5) Anyone who sustains a
bodUy injury which requires
medical attention as a con
sequence of an intoxicated
state has a drinking problem.
6) Anyone who comes into
conflict with the law as a
consequence of an intoxicated
state has a drinking problem.
7) Anyone who, under the
influence of alcohol, does
something he vows he would
never have done without
alcohol has a drinking
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Flu,,, Wintertime Blues
by David Teague
A dreadful but accepted
part of every winter is the flu
season and Montreat-
Anderson seems to be right in
the middle of that season now.
“We’re not saying it’s an
epidemic,’’said campus nurse
Barbara Massey, “because
we’ re comparing it to two
years ago when half the
student body reported to us
with the flu.” Ms. Massey also
said that of 127 students
reporting to the Health Center
lart week, the majority of
them were for flu.
Symtoms of the flu include a
cough, sore throat, headaches,
body aches and fever.
Ms. Massey urged students
to come to the Health Center
as soon as they noticed these
symptoms so toat they could
be given medication. “If it is a
real case,” Ms. Massey said,
“also plan on about three days
in bed.”
Flu has been prevalent in
many parts of the country as
has another illness. The Red
Measles has reached epidemic
proportions in many parts of
the country and as near
Montreat as Buncombe county
where school students were
required to receive in-
noculations before they could
return to school.
Montreat-Anderson has not
been affected by the measle
outbreak yet, but one student
has reported to the Health
Center with the German
measles.
There is not much dif
ference in the two types of
measles except that ^e Red
Measles makes you much
more ill. The German
Measles affects you for three
or four days whereas the Red
Measles affects you for about
two weeks.
Symptoms of the measles
include red, teary eyes, a
slight cough, sneezing, a low-
grade temperature, and
generalized body rash. “The
problem with the measles is
before you even get a rash you
can have it and give it to otiier
peopl, ’ ’ said Ms. Massey.
“The best thing to do if you
have these symptons is to
remain isolated as much as
possible.’ ’
“Hopefully there is not
much chance of the measles
reaching Montreat,” said Ms.
Polly Harris, the other campus
nurse, “unless people have
brought it in from Black
Mountain and it lhasn’ t
developed yet.’ ’